The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-23 00:00:00

RUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. MUSSELS, APRIL 21.—The Echo du Luxembourg has the following paragraph :—" When We announced that the Bel gian tricoloured flag had been hoisted at Diekirch, we were not mistaken. The Journal of Diekirch tonfirms this news. We believ e we may say that the Belgian colours will soon be displayed on the steeples of the ehurchcs of all the communes of the ceded portion of the Grand Duchy. This:will be the first manifestation of the will of the country, which will soon express itself in a more energetic manner. " We invite all the inhabitants of Luxembourg, devoted to the cause of the province, to continue to concert with each other the measures best calculated to save it from the danger with which it is menaced. " We believe we may affirm, that eminent political charac ters, in the other provinces, will use their influence to second the extraordinary measures which may be taken in Luxem bourg, f or t h e purpose of definitively withd-awing it from the f l Holla n d. Th e patriots of Luxembourg will, doubt ess, act in concert with them." VIENNA, APRIL 10.—The subscription for shares in Baron Sena's iron railroad from Vienna to Raab, was opened in the Palac e of Schwarzeur. A crwd f about 10000 peole tad assembled at th of o g t of the hill o on which , the Pala p ce stands, and which has in its front a high wall; these people bad already ta k en t hi s post the day before, in order to force their way through the only entrance, and so obtain for their clients two shares, for nobody was allowed to have more. Five companies of foot and two squadrons of horse were stationed at different places t 3 maintain order and tranquillity; but notwithstanding their presence, the most shocking excesses took place, in which many persons were mortally wounded, and some killed on the spot. COLOGNE, 17th APRIL.-111. Von Bodelswergh, Chief President of the Rhenish provinces, has published an address, asking voluntary contributions to relieve the sufferers by the !overflowing of the Rhine. At the end of the address he says, he has received through the Prussian Embassy in London, 2004 sterling from It person of high station, who does not wish t o b e named, to which the Ambassador has added from h imself 100 dollars.—Francfort Papers, 19th 1. /34 LIN, APRIL 11.—The Bulletin of the Laws to be pub. founded o-morr ow will contain th e new R oya l or di nance, d_istrib on the occurrences of the day, relative to the illegal ution o f P a __, papers proceeding from p ersons p resume d to b e P 4l agents. As a Government must certainly be fallen very low if it would allow foreign Agens provocateurs to ex cite fer mentation in the country at their pleasure, nobody will b surs2,rised if our police should exercise the greatest vi gll4':,ee to see that the King's command is not disregarded, end that the authority of the country be respected by tho neighbouring frontier districts. Should the Belgian Govern ment, which, as it is notorious, has little power in its own do m.3 in ions m suc h matters, not be able to give any guarantee, it confidently expected that all intercourse with Belgium will he broken off, and a m i litary cordon stationed along the fron tier.. I t still Seems very doubtful whether a new envoy will be sent to Rome instead of Dr. Bunsen, who is going, in the Erst instance, to England ; or whether the whole of the lega tiop may not be withdrawn. The Auysburgh Gazette has the following, under date of Berlin, April 7 General excitement exists, not only in the Grand Duchy of Posen, but also in Western Prussia, the Ermeland, the Circles of Braunsberg, Heilsberg, Bis ch°frstein, and Altenstein, and even in Eastern Prussia, wh ere Cath o li cs are numerous. 2 The country people of the Polish districts consider the introduction of the use of the German lan guageinto their schools as a direct attack upon the Catho- lie religion, and the greater part of the teachers appointed to them being zealous Protestants, give by their imprudent zeal some grounds for these outcries of the peasantry. The people th a lso lament the suppression of the convents, where formerly ey were sure o f fi n di ng rel i ef i n times of need. They are Convinced of an existing intention to destroy their religion and national customs, that they proclaim their fears aloud; and at th e same time the nobles complain that the Government h as a manifest design of destroying the ties which attach the peasants to their domains." BELGIAN I. UNDS—Brtusms, APRIL 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lO2 Loan of Thi rty Millions 03% Loan of Ci ty, 1832, 4 per Cent 984 Society of Com merce , 44 p er C e nt l6B Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1434 Natio'oal Society . —Brussels Papers, April 21. DUTCH FUN . _ _ ....DS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20. Y. Dlone Bills. 4 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainort syndic, 44 per cent 95 954 4 Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent. 79 80 Commercial Company, 4 1 , per cent lB5 155% Ditto (11-32 and 1833) 5 per cent. 34 Loan 1836, 4 per cent. - Ditto H 99 D 37, 6 per cent. A Exchange on London, One month 1 ,41 174 Two mohs ...... AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-- nt VIENNA, A PRIL IO 12. Five per Cents. sletalliques Three per C en t s Bank Sh ares 8234 4//gernein e Zeitung:April 17. 14604 HA mßuitti BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 17. • Austrian M Bills. Money.etil'i ques, 5 per cent. Ditt_ ditto 3 Ditto per cent. ditto 2; Litto bank Shares per cent 4-'42.4-Russian Loan 143 7 1435 Pr Aper Inscription, 6 per cent 10 8% 1041% Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian inscription, H ope and Co., 3d and 4th 1( 2% K 2% Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese R egency Bends, 5 per cent 994 99 Ditto, 3 per cent Dutch '4, per Cents. 54 53% Ditto 5 per Cents Polish B onds, 3 per cents. 132 New Ti c k ets 158% 158 !s 1314 An g lo- Danish Loan, 3 p er cents 724 72 Nor wegian Loan of 1834 , 4 per cents ...... S panish, in pi astres, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 174 Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France EXCHANGES ON LONDON. S•rec 14,1111iito, APRIL I7.-13 9% ; two months, 13 SW x.nout, Arum 10.—Two months, 12 20. CHRISTIANIA, APRIL 6.—Three months, 5 32. Sr. P ernEsetiocu, Aram s.—Three months, 10 %. Beaux, APRIL 14.—Three months, 6.25 1 % . Ilan:burg Papers, April 17. I .IL ()VW .." ''''' 8 SHIPPING.- (THIS DAY.) D nA - A AL, _ P RIL 21.—Wind S. W., moderate.—Arrived from th e e river, the Defender Duncan, for Quebec ; Rose, Ren for Barbadoes. Aram 22.—Wind, S. S. E., moderate. ----Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Emerald, Aber crombie from Demerara; Beatrice, Young, from St. c f Vin ;nt's. Arriv e d f rom the River, the James, M'Cutcheon, loin Batavia ; Thomas Courts, Kelly, from New York ; Q aM Pshire, T amperley, from Mobile ; Courtney, Allan, from ue . P o bec ~ bl ow w ` Bl ` 4o vrir, A PRIL 21.— Wi nd, N., f i ne, 22 d , S . S . W ., 1"to b ; ard..—the G eorge an d H enry, Willi ng h am, f rom i,el: with dam age , h av i ng b een i n contact w i t h a schoo p,,C/ff the Sm a ll, 14 t h i nst. uotTir, APLIL 21.—Wind, N. N. W. S. S . iV °l -ru, Ar an , 2 0 , W ind, N, fresh breezes, 21, S. to LIB. •, fresh ga l es, and thick dirty weather. Jamaica, APRIL 9 2.—Arrived the Brilliant, Gibson, from Gali C eYlon, Chaffer, from L'Orleans; Panther, from ls,br°ll Nestor, Hudson, from Alicata. Off port—The Colossus,ella from Buonos Ayres ; Cheshire, from Barbadoes ; from Mobile. It:Lt., APRIL 21 . —Arrived the Produce, from Poole ; Al° seY, and Monarch steamer, from Hamburg ; oaPenbur Angus Marie, Bord enson, from C open h agen ; H er li c k , V on l'el? g ' fr om Lisbon ; Louise, Knuderson, and St. Jfi x Diedri c k sen, from Kiel ; Mary Ann, Sheers, Faro. itjillist!lYNl,, APRIL2O. Arrived the Angus, Morgan. Messina. TfromLondon. u L 21.—Arrived the City of Limerick steamer, SLI GO, APRIL 2 l.—Arrived Belle Marie, from Charente. The A as -aurora, of Montr o se, c oa l l a d en , b oun d to Dublin, W wrecked in Montrose River during a gale on the 19th inst.__crew saved. Ra The j oa Jose, Burturroso, from Oporto, has arrived at b n 'gate very leaky, having been on the Goodwin Sands, "nd to Amsterdam.„, , ho Glenista, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, w a s on ore at Portsal, near Brest, 17th inst.—crew saved. Mrs. Brownlow Poulter has arrived at the Honour able Colonel Ogilvy's, Pall-mall. It has been suggested, that the National Gallery !night with propriety be offered to the new Company now form "): for the establishment of " Club Chambers," most of the room, being infinitely better adaped for bachelors' sleeping and dressing.roonas, than for any public purpose. About ten o'clock on Thursday night a young woman named Goulden, who lived in a gentleman's service at Dover, deposited her bonnet and shawl on Folly Head, near the Caves, and then threw herself into the sea. Her clothes buoyed her up for some time, and the coast-guard on duty made every effort, by manning their boats quickly, to save r, but she sank before their arrival at the spot. The poor Fliirl had b een engaged to a policeman, w h o un f ortunate l y met be . de ath by falli ng into the harbour, since which time she had much depressed. far ts as int en d e d to open t h e Great Western Railway Ju rien t ?I aid enh ea d , a distance of 26 miles , on the I st of Fil ;t•-- Observer. Tr4o4 .° of lID ERSFIELD CONSERVATIV E DINNER, SA .--The Con serva ti ves o f Huddersfield, taking .adva.n the presence of Sir Francis Burdett in Yorkshire, tt -i ted that Hon. Baronet to meet them at dinner, and being il a ,Z ted, it was yesterday g i ve n to him in the Philosophic v r The chai r was occu pied by Mr. Joseph Armitage , who R as so Pported by Si r George Sinclair and many other guests. The American House of Representatives have voted f 1 9 °,00 0 dollars (24,0001.) to the heirs of Fulton, the original eunider f steam navigation. It is proposed to extend the Ulster Canal to the L lit t rnon, and by such extension to form a continued line of in " navigation from Lough Neagh to Limerick. se , The measles have caused frightful mortality at Brus 182_having carried off nearly 1,600 persons. On Saturday morning considerable quantities of strawberriese and peas, which were imported from France on e previ ous evening, were sold in Covent-garden Market. u ,: l n re peas sold at the rate of 18s. per punnet, and the straw at 18s. per ounce. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY—The Ma rat for e r ! are pro cee di ng w i th cons i dera b le sp i r i t. The con the tu nne l s h a f ts at Clayton have been taken by Messrs llirth, Sharp, and Co. The trial shafts have been aa~ a and the r esu l t proves that the strata are excellently Ped . for th e operation. The observatory on Clayton s ummit t is also a b out to be begun, and the works will be car ried l s w ta i t t e h , spirit. A trial saft is also commenced on the LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF SIR WILLIAN KNIGHTON. Two Nit. Bentley, Loudon, 10:0. No one, on perusing these volumes but must see that Sir William Knighton was the man, of all others, in whom George the Fourth placed the greatest confidence. He seems, indeed, to have been the only really intimate friend which that distrustful and capricious monarch possessed during his whole life. Fox he may have regarded with more respect ; and by fits and starts he may have derived more pleasure from the society of Sheridan ; but Knighton was his dearest and most inlispensable associate, separated from whom he was ever restless and uneasy, and with whom alone be could live in uninterrupted harmony for any length of time. We do not wonder at this preference, for Sir William possessed, in a high degree, all the qualities most likely to endelr him to a man so utterly selfish as the Fourth George. Ho was of mild conciliatory manners, cheerful, patient, and self-denying, satisfied with his position, and not ambitious of a higher or a more lucrative one. He seems, moreover, to have been most sincerely attached to his Royal Master : to have devoted himself to his service with an unhesitating abandonment of all selfish considera tions ; and, above all, to have maintained rt gentle, uniform, firmness of character, which the King could not but have respected, if only by reason of its novelty. The letters and journals in the volumes before us—which were evidently not written with an eye to publication—display his charac ter in a very pleasing light, and almost lead us to the convic tion that it is possible for a man to be a successful courtier and a King's favourite, and yet preserve his integrity unsul lied. 'Till we read Sir. William's correspondence, we could have had no idea of the vast influence he exercised over his Master, who seems to have consulted him on every occasion, and entrusted him with his most precious secrets. The reminiscences of such a man, therefore, had he chosen to tell us all that it was in his power to tell, could not but have teemed with the most curious and important information ; but all that is of real importance is studiously kept back ; and we are put off instead with fragments ofjournals and gossip ping anecdotes—amusing enough, certainly, but in no wise worthy to be remembered beyond the hour. It would na turally be imagined, from the influence he exercised at Court, that, not being ambitious, and secure of his Master's favour, Sir William Knighton would have been a happy man. Never was a greater mistake. His frequent correspond ence with his family convinces us that his Court life wa s one of incessant hardship and anxiety ; and that there were moments, and these not " few or far between," when he would gladly have exchanged all the pomp and luxury of the palace, for the comfort and quiet of his own " cottage at Blendworth." Indications of this feeling are of constant occurrence. Thus, writing to his wife, from Brussels, he says :—" My King, God bless him ! never gives me a mo ment. The pen is never out of my hand by day, and it is his wish that I should sleep in his dressing-room at night, so that he may have access to me at all hours." A few days afterwards, addressing the same individual, he says, " you will scarcely believe that though I have been here two days, I have never once been able to stir outside the doors. The bundle at Blendworth cottage, amid all my grandeur, are my only comforts." To his daughter he writes thus, from Hanover :—" I have had so much to do, that I am fairly tired before the night begins. I seem doomed never to have a moment to myself." The following week he addresses her in these terms :—" Here I am at Herenhausen, full of anxiety and wretchedness. The King has had a most severe fit of the gout, and I have bad an anxious time of it I can assure you." Again, on the following day he tells the same correspondent, " I have for the last few days lived in such a state of confusion—of exer tion, that my head is almost every now and then ready to crack." Such are the anxieties and labours that beset the post of King's favourite, which those, not let behind the cur tain, would suppose to be the most enviable in the world ! The " Memoirs of Sir William Knighton" have convinced us, that it is almost better to be a bookseller's hack, than the intimate friend and confidential adviser of a great mo narch. The latter—hopeless slave!—must always wear a mask ; always assume a smooth and smiling exterior, even when he is ready to burst with spleen and indignation, at the ticket-porter-like duties entailed on him ; but the former has at least the consolation of knowing, that he may give vent to his feelings of annoyance, and—pleading the high authority of Johnson—knock down his bookseller with a folio, which is a great luxury to authors of an irritable turn of mind. As a specimen of Royal epistolizing—as Gibbon phrases it—we quote one of George the Fourth's letters to his " dearest friend" Knighton, by which it will be seen that his Majesty was a better hand at making a bow than inditing a missive ; and that he cut syntax with as much cool deter mination of purpose as he cut his old friends the 'Whigs : " Boyal9eorge Yacht, Milford Haven. Sept. 10,-1821. " My dear Friend—So many unexpected circumstances have taken place since I wrote to you, that I scarce know where I am to take up matters to put you au fail of everything in all quarters. It is rather a difficult task to undertake, particularly as I know you are not partial to long letters. I will, however, endeavour to do my best, and be as con. eise as possible. " My last letter told you I was to embark (as I did) that day at Dun. leary. We made since that two ....fforts to stand out on our homeward ♦oyage, but were driven back by change of wind. However, on Friday last, we stood out suddenly upon a change of wind in our favour and persevered; but we encountered a most formidable tempest for nearly 48 hours, such as has been hardly known by the most ♦eteran sailor, and, with the blessing of God, arrived safe in this port about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of yesterday. Not to be prolix, but in order to give you some little idea of our state, most of our fleet were separated, except the Royal Sovereign yacht, the L(fry frigate, and ourselves. The Grecian sloop of war, reckoned one of the best schooners in the service, sprung her mast, and was obliged entirely to part company from us in distress, and to make for the very first anchorage she could, where it is hoped she is long before this in safety, though as yet no intelligence of her has been received. " Most even of our crew and company were deadly ill, but the very worst of all was my poor self; and I am now, for the first time, since we are again at anchor in smooth water, risen from my bed, and not with. out considerable exertion and inconvenience to myself. I have suffered so much solely for the purpose of writing to you ; for I too gratefully feel the warmth of your affectionate heart towards me at all times, not only not to neglect you, but to prove to you that you are always present to my mind ; and I feel quite sure, that if any part of our history of the last week should reach you, that the short note which F- wrote you yesterday would not in the least answer the purpose of quieting your affectionate anxieties and cares about me. When F- wrote, it was in the utmost haste, to save the post, which leaves here before three o'clock in the afternoon, that you might know something decidedly of us, and we had then thoughts of pursuing our return overland, as he acquainted you ; but, upon thorough consideration, we found this scheme next to impracticable; what from the very mountainous and bad state of the roads through this part of South Wales, the scarcity of horses, the dreadful length of the stages, and, after all, the formidable length of the journey itself to London, being above 272 miles, and this, too, unattended with any sort of comfort or accommodation on the road, at any rate until we reached Gloucester. Upon the best calculation, there fore, we could not have reached our destination at earliest till Thursday night. We have, therefore, determined, all matters considered, to sum mon up resignation and patience to our aid, to wait the first steady and favourable wind, and which is now very promising, that will carry us round the Land's-end in about eight hours ; after which we shall make Portsmouth at the very latest twelve hours afterwards, let the wind be then almost whatever it may. " In addition to this, I must also say that it was quite out of the ques tion my being able, for two or three days at least, to encounter so tedious a journey by land ; I am completely shattered and torn to pieces by the effccts and sickness of an eight-and-forty hour's tempest. Up to this moment, then, you are acquainted with everything upon which it is in my power to give you any information by letter. The veriest minu tiee of the details of what has passed since we met, you shall have from me when we meet. " Now then, God bless you I Ever yours, &c., G. It. SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC. Two Volumes. Er TIIII HON. P. CI.YPBMLL BeinarT. London, Colburn, 1838. The intelligent author of these very interesting volumes states, in the dedication, that he would not have consented to their publication, had he not had reason to believe that the information contained in them might facilitate the com ing out of a plan, proposed by a gentleman named Wheel wright, for the establishment of a British Steam Company for the navigation of the Pacific. Mr. Scarlett became acquainted with Mr. Wheelwright in Chili, of whose pro ject he says—" His plans appeared to ma ably and accu rately stated, and are consistent with the impressions I re ceived myself in those countries. Feeling the advantages which must accrue to the commercial world from the esta blishment of steam communication along the whole western coast of the Americas, particularly if it could, hereafter. Kith railroads or canals across Central America or the Isthmus, unite the two seas, I determined, with Mr. Wheelwright, to bring his observations, as well as nib own, on the same subject, more under public notice. The promotion of these views is, I .atn convinced, calculated to produce inestimable benefit to the general interests of trade, and will also have the effect, if adopted, of bringing remote regions of the globe, full of natural resources, more under the influence of a better social and political atmosphere." These considerations are most praiseworthy ; but, inde pendently of them, we should hail with thankfulness the ap pearance of a work which contain s so much practical infor mation relative to the present social and political state of the South American Republics. Mr. Scarlett landed at Rio de Janeiro, and visited Buenos Ayres, Monte Vidor, crossed the Pampas to Mendoza, and the Andes to San ;iago stopped for some time at Valparaiso, and then pro ceeded to Lima; Pay'ta; and Panama; whence he returned to England: 146 ibii - nd #h countries through which be travelled abounding in all the natural resources of wealth ; but owing to the thinness of the population, their extreme indolence, and a succession of revolutionary struggles, they presented the appearance of a vast wilderness. In the towns only did he discover any traces of social order, and in some of these he found public libraries and other indica cations of a people advancing in civilization. Were the Governments of the South American States to encourage emigration from Europe, and to adopt a federative system for the prevention of anarchy among themselves, that vast country would soon boast of nations as rich, as intelligent, tnd as powerful, as any in Europe. These volumes are embellished with numerous well exe cuted plates, maps, and plans, illustrative of the dresses And customs of the South Americans, and the improve :nents of which the Hon. Mr. Scarlett and Mr. Wh ee l. wright consider that country susceptible, with a view to facilitate and increase our commercial relations in that part of the world. The style of the work will strongly recom mend it to such as dislike rambling dogmatists, who only see in every Object reflections of their own sage preconcep tions. It is pleasingly, because modestly and unassumingly, written. THE StIINT, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1838. THE GREAT METROPOLIS. FIRST SERIES. In Two Vol,. ES' TIPS AUTIPOR OF " EANDOM RICOLLRCTIONS OF TRIP HOUSE OF COMMONS," ,S'C. London, Saunders and Otley, 1838. This work has reached a third edition—the best possi ble proof of its adaptation t• the public taste. We have pleasure in observing that it has undergone a careful and judicious revision—that many errors of fact have been corrected—that authorized statements have been sub stituted for loose surmises—and that, in short, the author has done all that it was in his power to do, to make it reflect fairly the surface of the Modern Babylon. This is really no easy task, for London is a world in itself, and to comprehend fully the details of the social system by which it is governed, must be the result of years of close observation and minute inquiry. Nor is it to be supposed that perfection, even with the closest inquiry and best means of information, is attainable. Every day heralds in some change fatal to the veracity of any book-statement made in the present tense. The best vehicle, therefore, for facts, under a perpetual process of re-modification, is a newspaper, which purports to be true but for the instant, and is re-produced contemporaneously with every change, whether of men, of things, or of circumstances. We urge this by way of apology for such mistakes as our readers may yet discover in these volumes, provided they delay but a week to look into them. Still they contain so much valuable information of a more permanent description, that there are few men in public life who may not at any time profit by a reference to their pages. THE MERCHANT'S MANUAL. BT FRANCIS ROBBER, JUIY., .ITTORYIST-AT-LiTr. London, Longman and Co., 1838. _ _ . A little volume—just what it purports to be—a con cise and practical Treatise on Bills of Exchange ; the customs of merchants with respect to such bills in London and Paris ; followed by an interpretation of the dates, sights, and usances of bills drawn in the French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Swedish, and Danish languages. The utility of such a manual to the merchant, the shopkeeper, the money-broker, and the general trader, is too obvious to escape the observation of a body of men at once so intelligent and so attentive to their own interests. THE MAN WITHOUT SOUL. fir FHB JUTIIOII OP T 1171" WAIT) 2141e3 GX4rz. " In Two Volumes. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. This novel can scarcely fail to make its author, Mr. Harrison Rankin!, favourably known to tho reading:public. The characters introduced are not numerous, nor arc the incidents extraordinary ; but the former are well drawn, and the latter are very skilfully made to occur at the fitting moment. " The Man Without Soul" is a young divine of the Church of England, who, by the refinement of his man ners and the semblance of an exalted piety, wins the affections of a beautiful girl, his cousin, only to barter them for gold ; and while he is seeking to seduce the wife of an humble peasant, instills into the husband's heart a jealousy amounting to phrenzy of that cousin's only bro ther, out of revenge for the watchfulness of his fraternal guardianship. However, divine justice is made to overtake the villain in the midst of his career of iniquity, and just as he is on the eve of marriage with the daughter of a rich parvenu in the neighbourhood. The peasant discover s his treachery ; meet him by an appointment intended for his wife ; upbraids him with his guilt, and in a deadly struggle that ensues, provoked by the rev. hypocrite, the footing of the latter fails, and he plunges into a torrent to rise no more alive. These incidents, though simple, and apparently common-place, are exceedingly well and dramatically deve loped. The dialogues, where they occur, are conducted with tact and spirit, and the descriptive portions are written with care and a watchful regard to probability. Th e characters of Lady Windermere, Mrs. Auget, and Old Lord Dumbledore are hit off with a masterly hand. For Albert Grey we could ourselves supply an original, parti cularly if we only regard him as the author presents him to us when shrinking from a hostile collision with the co-re ligionists of his youth. The innate delicacy of his mind, and the real goodness of his heart, could not be mo re touchingly manifested than in this act of charitable self denial—this sacrifice of interest to principle. Lord s Percy and John Huron are every-day sort of people, and Alice Windermere is but a sample of hundreds of young ladies in the same rank of life. With a little management this novel might have very well extended to three volumes. The Dinner given by the President of the Chamber of Deputies to Lord Brougham on Tuesday, was worthy of the host of the Noble guest. The guests included some of the most distinguished Members of the Chamber of . a2putie s ; among them were Messrs. Arago, Thiers, Mangum, Guizot, Odillou Barrot, De Lamartine, Jacques Laffitte, George La fayette, Berryer, Etienne, Mignct, Calmon, Passy, Duch a t e l, and, among the sarans, Messrs. Cousin, Villemain, Poison, Magendie, Gay Lusac, Flourens, Vatout, and Pages de l'Ariege. Lord Brougham, accompanied by the Hon. Col. Caradoc, left Paris yesterday evening to pay a visit to the chateau his Lordship is building at t?annes, on the Mediter ranean.—Galignani, of Thursday. Having examined and used the various kinds of Metallic Pens, we are come to the opinion that with the ex ception of the Perryan Pens, they will prove to be very inju rious to all those who use them, by spoiling their hands. Any pen which does not possess the natural softness of the quill, accustoms the writer to bear on the paper so hard, as rapidly and irreparably to spoil his hand. From this general censure we have excepted the Patent Perryan Pens, as they do pos sess the flexibility of the quill pen, and all its natural softness. It were to be wished that the endless attempts at imitation, to which the Perryan Pen has given rise, had been more success ful, or that they had never been made. The authorities of Toulon and Marseilles have adopted measures to insure the safety of travellers between those two cities. The diligences are escorted during the night by detachments of Gendarmerie, and troops of the line have been set from Aix and Marseilles to make a Letitia in the Wood of iTaillades, where four diligences had been lat el y stopped in the same night. The police of Aix arres ted three individuals, supposed to be concerned in a robbery com mitted on the high road between that town and Avignon, and who are believed to form a part of anumerousgang.—Conin teree. We perceive that the public mind in the three great metropolises of England, Scotland and Ireland, is at this mo ment directed to the same subject—how best to do honour to the memories of three of th e greatest men in different walks of public utility that they have respectively pro duced. In London we are raising subscriptions to the memory of Nelson ; and from the rank and position of the parties who have taken a prominent part in the undertaking, there can be 11D doubt that a monument worthy of the fame of the hero of a hundred naval fights will be the result. In Edinburgh, Scott is the deserving o bj ect to w h om h onour i s a b ou t to b . e paid by a national edifice (for such it will almost be); and in Dublin all parties arc willing to do similar honours to one of the best Irishmen known since Swift—John Philpot Curran. It is stated that the long dormant title of Earl of Derwentwater, so intimately connected with the county of Northumberland, is to be revived in the person of the Roman Catholic Peer, Lord Petre. M. P. FOR NOTTINGFIAM.—If one of our mem bers should, as it is rumoured he will, be included in the batch of Coronation Peers, it will necessarily occasion a vacancy in the representation of Nottingham. We therefore call upon our fellow-townsmen to be loOking around them ; they will probably soon have the opportunity of choosing a Representa tive, and we counsel them not to be taken unawares. Let not a Tory creep in by su pi neness on t h e part o f t h e Refor mers of Nottingham ; an d ,‘ see that ye fall not out by t he way," for this will ine v it a bl y open t h e d or to the enemy- We should like to see a full length Radical elected for Notting ham, one that will vot e and act for the people, and not for the interests of party, or the aggrandisement of the aristocracy- Cannot such a man be found?—Nottingham Review. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. A RETURN - of the NUMBER of NEWSPAPERS to which STAMPS were issued, issued to Neiispaper4, in the Years ending September 15, 1836 and 1837, and the lit distinguishing the Number issued to London Newspapers, to English Provincial News Novspapi.:; - i reitpeetiYvtl'iapd ;1191/Otte - the Total Number and Amount each year; also, t Duty received in each of Inc au6ve CE..I:IA; and of the Number of Stamps alf Year ending March 15, 1838; papers, and to Irish and Scots' ;he amount of Newspaper Stamp T i Year ending Sept. 15, 1836. 1 Year entiing Sept 15, 1837. Half-year ending March 15, 1838. 1 —r- - I -- Number Number Number Number Number Number of of Amount of of of Amount of of of Amount of News- Stamps Duty. News- Stamps Duty. News- Stamps Duty. papers. issued. papers. issued. papers. issued, ---- — ---- ! .E. London Newspapers ....... 71 19 , 2 4 1 ,640 256,556 0 0 85 29,172,797 121,553 6 5 86 14,438,556 60,160 13 0 English ProYincial Ditto... 194 8,535,3961113,804 16 0 237 14,996,113 62,483 16 1 223 7,365,842 30,695 3 6 Scotch Ditto... .64 2,654,438 35,392 10 2 65 4,123,330 17,180 10 10 66 2,216,400 9,235 0 0 Irish Ditto... \7B 5,144,382 87,525 2 0 71 5" 203 967 16,263 311 62 2,620, 181 8,197 8 5 397 136,576,056 , 443,278 11 2I 458 4 56,46,2071217,480 17 3 I 437 26,64 1 , 979 1 108,288 411 , I WINDSOR-SUNDAY. Northumberland, Lord Cliv, &c., take great interest in pro- Lady Eleanor Paget, eldest daughter of the Earl of Ux bridge, had the honour of being presented to her Majesty on Friday last. The Earl and Countess, and Lady Eler.aor, took leave of the Queen yesterday, and left Windsor for London. The Duke of Argyll and the Dean of Chester also left yesterday. Sir James Clerk, private physician to the Queen, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of an audience of her Majesty. Yesterday afternoon the Queen took a long ride, accompa nied by her Royal Mother, and attended by the usual suite. In the evening, the singers belonging to the choir of Saint George's Chapel had the honour of performing several glees the presence of her Majesty. Afterwards the Queen's private band performed the following compositions in the music room :—Overture to Marie, Herold • Selection from Preaux Clercs, Herold; Madrigal, Fair Rosamond, Barnett ; Die Lleimeth Mange, Struass; Romance, from Robert le Diable, Mayerbecr ; Duet, from Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti ; " Cielo I it mio Labbro," Rossini. This morning the Queen and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by their suites, went to St. George's chapel. The service was King's, in F, and the anthem, " Unto thee have I cried, oh Lord," composed by Mr. Elvey, organist to her Majesty, the solo to which was beautifully sung by Mr. Hill. The service was read by the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Windsor, and the sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust, canon in residence. Mr. Elvey presided at the organ. Ott Tuesday the Court will leave Windsor for Buckingham Palace. The Queen will return to the castle the first week of June, and will remain a fortnight, during which it is expected the Queen will be present at the Eton montem and regatta, and Ascot races. noting this charitable abject. The Duke and Ductless of Beaufort entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their mansion, in Park place. His Grace arrived in town on Pilday, from Newmarket. Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford are expected in Eaton-square to-morrow, from Leamington Spa, accompanied by their daughters. • ; .--Tfie Earl of Essex and his newly-married Countess (late Miss Stephens) left Belgrave-square on Thursday, to pass the honeymoon at Casbiobury Park, the delightful seat of the Earl, near Watford, Herts. His Lordship is in his 82d year, having been born on the 13th November, 1757. Her Ladyship, who is about forty years his junior, acquired a com petence by the exercise of her talents as a vocalist, and re tuld from the stage seven years ago. The Duke of Devonshire will leave Chatsworth to day for Devonshire House. Lord Leveson will return from Paris the latter ,end of this week, to attend to his Parliamen tary duties. The Duke of Argyll aa Miss Campbell have left town for Crawley's Park Hotel at Norwood, where they will remain until Wednesday next. The Marquis of Bute has " bound himself and his heirs to give a permanent endowment to the new church at Rothsay of 751. a year." Lord Suffield is about to give up the Gunton hounds, having taken the Quorn hounds. It is not at present determined who will manage the former excellent pack, which has afforded such capital sport to the nobility and gentry of Norfolk. The Prince of Moscawa has written the entire music of a new petite opera, in two acts, of which report speaks highly. Signor Gabussi has arrived in town from the Con tinent, having been engaged for the last few months in completing a new Opera. He will remain during the season, The manager of the Opera House, it is stated, in tends to enforce strictly his engagemements with the Italian vocalists, by which they are restricted from singing at any ether concerts than his own, without his permission. We understand that John Shawe Stewart, E: q., is likely to be appointed to the sheriffdom of Stirling, vacant by the death of Sir J. Macdonald, of Staffa, the late Sheriff. The Papal Nuncio appointed for Brussels has ar rived at Namur. CORONATION PEERS.—We understand that Lord Carew is one of those ;upon whom the honour of a British Peerage is about to be conferred on the approaching solem nity of the Coronation. Lord Carew's station in the country, his powerful family connexion, and extensive property, to gether with his long and faithful co-operation with the Whigs, give him the strongest claims to such an honour from the pre unt liberal Administration. —Dublin Evening Poet. To LONDON IN ONE DAY.—In consequence of the opening of the greater part of the London and Birming ham Railway, the journey from Liverpool and Manchester to London can now be performed in one day. Passengers who go from Liverpool and Manchester by the Grand Junction trains at half-past six in the morning, will arrive at Birming ham soon after eleven, and will have from that time till one o'clock for dinner or business, when the trains will leave for London, where it is expected they will arrive soon after eight o'clock. And passengers leaving London by the half-past seven trains will arrive in Liverpool or Manchester between nine and ten in the evening. Thus a person leaving Port Carlisle by one of our steamers at five o'clock in the evening, will be in London next evening at eight o'clock—that is in 27 hours 1 The arrangements for the conveyance of the mails by the London and Birmingham line, we understand, will not be completed before the 7th of May, after which day the London bags will reach Liverpool about ten o'clock in the morning. Carlisle Journal. Mr. EWART.—In the Dublin Freeman's Journal it is stated, that if a vacancy occur in the representation of Drogheda, by the elevation of the present Member to the Peerage, Mr. E wart will assuredly be returned, despite Mr. Dixon and Mr. Mahoney, the rumoured aspirants to the seat. We have to acknowledge the courtesy of the Pro prietor of The Sun, in sending us a copy of Saturday's paper, which brought to Macclesfield, on Sunday morning, an ac count of the verdict in the trial of Mr. Williams, for forging a will, which was not delivered at the Old Bailey, Lendon, till late on Saturday evening.—Macclesfield Courier. A LAWYER'S BILL.—The Nottingham Review of last week has a verbatim copy of a lawyer's bill in an unde fended action in a Court called the Peveral Court, in that county, for 2/. ; and the costs (even as taxed by the protho notary) amount to 121. 4s. Bd. What would the costs have amounted to, if this two pound action of debt had been de fended ? And what will the plaintiff have to pay his lawyer for extra costs ? Talk of " the glorious uncertainty of the law," indeed? Why, it is certain that if you go to law, pay you must, win or loose. LIBEL CASES.—Our experience of the law has been rather peculiar. In three cases in which we have been sufferers, the parties were the Mersey bankers ; Stretton, the swindling parson, and the notorious Roger Whitehead. Whether the bankers were hanged or transported we never could learn ; but of the others, the one was hanged, and the other transported. When Kinnear was in high feather in Liverpool many years ago, he negociated one acceptance for 80,000/., which is now kept framed and glazed, as a memento of those times.—Liverpool Mercury. STEAM ENGINES.—To those who watch the pro gress of our ancient city in the accumulation of all the ele ments of prosperity, improvement, and extension, there can be no surer sign of the fulfilment of their wishes, than the ra pidity with which steam engine after steam engine is put in operation in every part of the town. Within the last few years we have recorded the erection of at least a dozen of those mighty implements of power, of various sizes and qua lities, and we have this week to add one other to the list, made and completed by a native artist; and although of but com paratively small power, the fact is worthy of note, as marking the progress of our city to that eminence and importance to which we feel assured she is destined to arrive. On Thurs day last a small but very beautifal engine was set to work, for the first time, in the brewery of Mr. Iredale, Water-street. It was made by Mr. Sydney Hall, a native, and, we may say, a self-taught mechanic, of very great abilities, who has exe cuted the work in a manner which will bear comparison with the works of some of our most celebrated makers. The en gine pumps water, grinds malt, and performs various other la borious processes, which cannot fail to be most advantageous to her spirited owner. Mr. Iredale treated a number of his friends to an excellent dinner, with all the eteetras, on the oc casion ; and many a hearty bumper was quaffed to the success of the " Svdney"—the name given by proper sponsors to the -engine.—Carlisle journal, It appears by the late adviees through the overland mail, via Marseilles, from Calcutta, that the interest in the ' progress and pr omot i on o f a p er f ect steam commun i cat i on be tween this country and India had not in the slightest degree abated, and among the wealthier classes of the natives the ut most enthusiasm upon this vital and important subject conti nued to prevail. As one positive instance that the more re spectable native merchants are far from being apathetic upon this great question, we subjoin the following extract from a letter addressed by a very talented Parsee merchant of Cal cutta to James Barber, Esq., of thin city. After commenting upon the valuable services of Lord William Bentinek, and the gratification which his administration had excited in the native population, and complimenting the gentleman to whom this letter is addressed upon his pamphlet respecting Steam Navigation, &c., the writer, D arkauath Tajore, pro ceeds to remark, in an earnest and flowery style, not unbe coming an Oriental writer—" That it is certainly remarkable that an undertaking of this kind (steam communication with Europe), notwithstanding its acknowledged utility, should have been so long dormant. Whilst unity is admitted to be power, your efforts towards the object in view, however humble and insignificant in your opinions, will, doubtless, add to the endeavours which have been made, and are still making, in other quarters. Whatever steps the Government may have hitherto taken for the amelioration of the inhabitants of . India, the present one, when brought to maturity, cannot fail to be regarded as a particular boon conferred on us, as it will open the door to the natives perfecting themselves in the work of civilisation, by visiting with comparatively less sacrifice of time the very land to the exiled sons of which thew are now so much indebted fOr the little improvement they hare made in morals and literature. When the enterprise is placed on a firm basis, and it is. indeed, the greatest facility which the conqueror could afford to the conquered for emancipating themselves from the trammels of long-rooted bigotry and prejudice, by the dint of local example, the aborigines, it' still resisting the inducements to proceed to England, cannot but be looked upon as the most inveterate enemies to their own advancement in everything of a laudable nature. As for me," concludes this able yet enthuasastic native writer, " I shall hail such a day with rapture ; though, if such a day should not occur in all next year, I shall set out for your happy land, and there, among other things, converse with you personally on the advantages from the establishment of steam communica tion between two metropolises of such vast magnitude. ' The more we consider the principle of Sergeant Talfourd's Bill for the regulation or rather protection of lite rary property, the more just and reasonable does it appear ; and the whole history of literature is a commentary on the hardship aid injustice of the existing law, which is, however, greatly more favourable than the former Act. —Edinburgh Courant. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St James's. The anthem was " 0 Lord, give ear" (Green) ; the musical service was Boyce in C. The Sanctus and commandments by Davy. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Mayo, Miss Boyle, and Earl Howe. The Princess Augusta attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Philip's Chapel, Regent-street. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Mary Pelham. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday afternoon, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and Colonel Cornwall, visited the National Gallery on Saturday afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge honoured Colonel Wood with their company at dinner on Sa turday, at his residence at Littleton. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge were present at the first appearance of Madame Grisi this season, at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening. The Earl of Durham had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing-street. The Prussian and Belgian Ministers transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. His Excellency Baron Biome, the Danish Minister, left Farrance's Hotel yesterday, for his residence in Portland-place. A deputation, including Messrs. Irving, Colville, and Patrick Stewart, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor went, on Saturday, to his residence at Copse Hill. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M. P., and his Lady, left Chester street, on Saturday, for Windsor. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. W. Whitmore, Esq., and Mrs. Whitmore, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mr. Barnevard and Mrs. Barnevard, at ditto; the Hon. W. Sturton, at ditto; Bryan, Esq., and Mrs. and Miss Bryan, at ditto; the Rev. J. Docke, at ditt; Mr. and Mrs. Watts Russell and fam family, y ; , a L t o Clt r h d e coi g a b r y e , n i e n o n u p H r o e t r el Bon d-street, f f ro r m o m s h e Stafford shirer bo r ne Castle ; Count d'Orsay, at Kensington Gore, from Belvoir Castle; Lord and Lady Adare, at their now residence in Berkley-square ; the Earl and Countess of Lisburne, at Mi vart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies -streets, from Cross Wook Park, Glamorganshire; Lord and Lady Charles Fitz roy, at Burlington House, from Latimers, Bucks; Mr. and Mrs. F. Baring, at Bath House, from Lord Ashburton's seat, the Grants, Hantsr;dthceandlignaraqu, in from the pa Marquis of Carlton-terrace, io e, from Oxford;t NorwoodLord ; Lord and L a d y Fi tzroy Somerset, i n Stanhope-street, from Strathfieldsaye ; Lord Cranstoun, in Burlington-street, from Landridge Park, Devon; Lord Ward, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies -streets, from Himley Hall ; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, in Grosvenor-square, from their villa at Petersham ; Lord E m lyn, in South Audley.street, from Brighton ; Lord Suffield, in Bond.street, from Newmarket; Lady H. Paulett, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Horoby Castle, Catterick, Yorkshire ; the Marchioness of Bristol, from St. James's-square, for St. Leonard -on-Sea; Sir F. Bathurst, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for his seat in Wiltshire ; Mr. Hervey Acton, w fr a o a m er d L itt a o d , y f c or oo C pe la r r , e f o r d o o m n p P o a r r t k i a n d e_a p r i a D e e e i f z o e r s ,h her r V s i l e t a s t the Dowager House; Lady Douglas, for Leamington Spa; Lady George Murray, for the Marquis Camden's ; the Hon. Miss Alurray, for Windsor Castle ; T. Carvick, Esq., Mrs. Carvick and family, for Warne's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for Paris ; Lord Dungannon, from Grafton str ee t, f or hi s scat, Bryn Gannalt, near Oswestry ; Lord Loftus, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. St. John Mildmay, Mr. and Lady Georgians Codrington, from Park-lane, for Doddington Castle, Glou cestershire ; the Hoe. Major-General Upton, from the Albany, for Chevely Park, Cambridgeshire ; Lady Southampton, from re C rlton - df g o a r ri‘cdi Miss ps Conyers, yi N ,e V Er h s t s t ef l xr e o b ;ni u r s g irrr hROOO Lodge,lbaes,r\,ssvt Nyapnnto::rottekhti:eaalßmH,dayporittitiot.:l:nr:ks:heliNai.l Mrs. an s nd, quare, for for Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Jemirna Eliot and ; Mr. and Mrs. Col. ia family,Nor wood ; f i‘ r i o r m . a n D d o Dover-street, rr Sir t r r pN e rv e e t as , ttko f in o u, r w,f C O ir r n a di la ai • mt l t e o y s . forilitto ; gfourhlutnt; UNIVERSITY TELLIGE AND NCE. CERICAL IN- L O X FORD, APRIL 2l.—Yesterday being the annual election to fill vacant fellowships at Oriel an d M er t on C o ll eges , t h e following gentlemen were chosen fellows : OF ORIEL COLLEGE—J. C. Pritchard (scholar), of Tri nity College ; R. W. Ch urc h ( sc h o l ar ) , o f W a dh am C o ll ege. OF MERTON COLLEGE—E. B. Bridges (scholar), of Oriel College. Those gentlemen who have given notice as candidates fcr Holy Orders at the next ordination by the Bishop of Oxford, are required to deliver their testimonials to the Archdeacon of Christ Church, on or befcre Saturday, May 19. The Rev. J. Wetherall, of Brazen-nose College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Rushton All Saints with St. Pe ter's, Northamptonshire. Patron, W. W. Hope, Esq., of Rushton Hall. The Trustees of Sir G. Page Turner, Bart., have presented the Rey. L. 'G. G. Dryden, of Lincoln College, to the Vicarage of Ambrosden, Oxon, vacant by the death of his brother. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has instituted the Rev. W. H. Bloxome, of Wadham College, to the Rec tory of Stanton-cum-Snowshill, Gloucestershire, on the pre sentation of Edward Bloxome, Esq., of Dursley. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duch ess of Cambridge will have a large party to dinner ou the 2d f May. at C'holmondeley House. His Hi g h ness P r i nce William of Lowenstcin-Wer them arrived at Mivart's Hotel last evening, from a tour in e provinces. The Duke of Sussex, as President of the Royal So ciety, will give a grand conversazione on Saturday next, at Kensington Palace. The Lord President will give his next grand dinner at Lansdowne House on Monday, the 7th of flay. Mr. Parnther will give his first soiree musicale c n the 7th of May, at his mansion in Grafton-street. The Dukes of Wellington and Devonshire, and upwards of 300 of tl.e elite, are invited. The Earl and Countess of Cadogan entertained a distinguished party at dinner ou Friday evening, at their man sion, on the Terrace, Piccadilly. The officers of the Life Guards will g ive a grai.d ball at the T own H a ll, Wi n d sor , on W e dnesday next. Active preparations are being made for the grand Cambrian fancy dress ball, to take Place next mouth, for the benefit of the Welch School. Her Grace the Duchess of SUGAR BOUN TIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An investigation of the evidence recently adduced against the West Indians, proving excessive cruelty tow olds their unfortunate black follow subjects, shows that nine of the cases of severe punishment out of ten, with which the appren tices have been tortured, have been inflicted for a;.leged insub ordination upon the sugar plantations. This fact iAduces the inquiry of .why nearly all our West India possessions have been converted into sugar gardens, requiring:for their cultivation such desperate efforts of painful labour. And why ? Sugar raised at such a horrid sacrifice of human life and happiness, ensures to the planter those enormous gains which render him deaf to the cry of his overworked and oppressed negro. To these two queries may be given one answer—namely, the bounty on refined sugar. In that huge fraud is to be Roland the charm which excites the cupidity of the master—which nerves the arm of di? driver, and hardens his heart—which oppresses the negro--and which robs the people of this coun try to furnish money for purposes they abhor. To mitigate the sufferings of the black, and to relieve Eng land from the onus of supplying the chains which hold him irk bondage, we ought one and all to demand the instant abolition of this bounty on refined sugar, the actual cause of much of the Misery the black has endured. Can there exist the slightest pretext, now that we have paid twenty millions of money, for the enfranchisement of the black, for maintaining this costly disbursement—this paying a duty of 245. per cwt., and then giving 435. 2d. per cwt. to get it re-exported. This most extravagant squandering of the public money is, in fact, stimu lating and instigating, with one hand, all the atrocities we condemn, while with the other we seek to punish the offender for the sins we have encouraged him to commit. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, B. S. R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR'-1;.,0m the spirited mariner in which you have advocated the pu bli c i n ,:,eres t, as regards the monopoly of the Coal Trade, together nth the dreadful nuisance arising from the. 1, crowded state of the,aver Thames, I am persuaded you will have great pleasure to ow that the public mind has been gL iments you have from time to time convinced by the excellent ar put forward, of the necessity of reZinving- the colliers from the river, that there has been a considei - able demand for Collier Dock shares yesterday and this day, which were readily purchased at 1, and 1 pm. Presuming ;'ou would like to make mention of this circumstance, I have to ken the liberty of sending you the particulars. am Sir, your most obedient, Fenchurch-street, April 21, 1838. J. S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Manchester, 20th April, 1838. Sin-The Operative Conservative ball was held in Salford, last evening, in honour of the twice defeated Member, Mr. Garnett, at which the said gentleman attended. It was held on a most splendid scale—the hall previously used for the din ner being used for the purpose ; but the same degrading scenes, for which Shlford has been famous, through Mr. Gar nett's agency, and that of his minions, was again brought into , active operation. Women of all grades, and some not very distinguished for purity, figured away amongst their more in fluential betters ; and old and young, rich and poor, servants and masters—nay, the dregs of Salford—were scraped toge ther.; and sent to this Operative Conservative ball, to do honour to his defeat, of which you will see flaming accounts of " spontaneous joy, and the like," in the papers of the Tory caste. 3u t , Sir, you should know the man, and then you would bet'er understand how such an one would lend himself to such monstrous scenes. Nolens volens he will be a Member of Parliament; and the slime of the lowest orders he greedily collects, as an .;ncense offering of their approval of his con duct. He is now - the most obsequious of men—paddles the hands of the greasy caps in Salford—incessantly endeavours to propagate calumnies of fortunate opponent, Mr. Brotherion —and brings every thing to bear, by cajoling, flattery, .humbug, and the like, on the gainikg a seat for Salford. It is all to no purpose ; for, as this mai: would suffer any humiliation to accomplish his end, the more thinking and respectable part of the community pity and despise ,him.—A constant Reader, FAIR PLAY. During the dreadful squall 3.llich prevailed along ~ this coast on Sunday last, a pleasure boat belonging to Mr. Bilton, sad which was lying on the beact: at Flimby, was wafted into the air, over a high stone wall, anal blown a dis tance of sixty yard; into a potatoe field I—Carf,:sle Journal. MODE OF GETTING RID OF SNAILS.—These creatures are passionately fond of bran, or the outwatld skin of wheat. When this food is placed out for them, they leave it as seldom as possible, and rehen they do retire for a time, they return more eagerly to again feed on it. This suggests a mode of freeing any piece of ground of the insect. You have only to place over little heaps of bran, pieces of broken pipes, or pots, or vessels of any kind, which may shelter the food from the rain, and your work is done. The snails will con gregate below, and you can in a short tin:e destroy vast mul titudes of them.—Annales des Jurdiniers Alnateurs. BuLwEß.—The Hon. Member, whose con nection with this city reflects such honour to both parties, the representative and represented, arrived this day a.r,companied with Lord Nugent, and Gen. Sir G. De Lace" Evans, K. C. B. Besides the personal friends of Mr. Bufwer, this city is complimented with the company of Lord Worsley, M.P., Henry Handley, Esq., M. P., the Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, and other gentlemen that are favourable to the advancement of a liberal policy in the government of this country. The dinner is arranged for four o'clock this day (Tuesday). Every part of the room that can be made to hold a seat is occupied.—Lincoln Gazette. A correspondent of the Bath Herald " warns the public against a gross misstatement (?) copied fiom a pamphlet, in which it is stated that a bounty of 361,0001. per annum was granted to the West India planters by way of drawback on exported refined sugar." BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 20.—The accustomed Easter holidays have caused a suspension of ope rations in sugars, and we can merely state—no material alte ration. What little has been done is on rather lower terms, more particularly in low raves and Mauritius. e —Bristot Mer cury. We have received a second visit from Mr. Stuart, well known as the travelling piper. He was cordially re ceived by his old friends, and we understand played at the market room on Wednesday from twelve till two o'clock. NorwicA Mercury. BRIBERY ACTIONS.--We have considerable satis faction in seeing that the Liberals of Bristol have generously come forward to protect the defendants in the late qui tans actions at Gloucester from the heavy loss to which they have been subjected. The Bristol Gazette contains a report of the resolutions which were adopted at a public meeting held in that city last Wednesday for the purpose just stated. We see amongst the gentlemen who took an active part in the _ praiseworthy proceedings the well-known and highly respect able names of Herapath, Fripp, Ash, Visger, and Taunton. The former gentleman, who presents an illustrious example of the union of high scientific attainments, with just and liberal political sentiments, denounced with much force the vile means resorted to by the agents of the Tory party at the 14te trials, and said if the information given to him was cor rect, lie had no doubt certain individuals might be indicted for subordination of perjury. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20.—We are agreed that not only hs Majesty, but the Prince of Orange, and Prince Frederick, with the two young Princes William and Alexan der, will visit this capital at the beginning of next week ; but the Princess of Orange and Princess Frederick will not ac company their consorts on this occasion. His Majesty and the Prince are expected to pass the whole week at Amsterdam. CAPTAIN DUNDAS' DINNER.—The Hon. anti Gallant Member for Devizes, having invited his friends to dinner, lie met them last Monday, at the Bear Hotel, Devises, for that purpose. The Wiltshire Independent, in nhose co lumns a long Report of the proceedings appears, observes, in conclusion, " Thus ended one of the pleasantest and mutt harmonious meetings that ever was witnessed : not a single incident occurred to mar the universal satisfaction : happiness pervaded the scene, and each man retired pleased with him self, in good humour with his associates, and charmed with the cheerful manly character of Capt. Dundas, than whom, no man ever more richly deserved, more thoroughly obtained, or more sedulously preserved the attachment of those who have the good fortune to call him friend ; long may he live in health and happiness to enjoy his well earned reward: long may he remain the representative of Devizes, and may all his constituents learn to value him as they ought." The following whimsical advertisement appeared in an Irish paper of Thursday last:—" Much wanted.—To peri quiers and friseurs.—To an experienced and fashionable hair doctor.—An inviting field of honourable competition now pre sents itself in the death of a " poor but honest man," whom gold, favour, or in timidation would never swerve from the path of rectitude in the discharge of his duty as an honest, patriotic citizen. In addition to taste and skill, it would also be required, that the aspirant should be any animal in the political world but a Tory. All the better sort of bipeds in the profession in the town at present being incontinently anything in the afore said world but WHIGS.—An early application is requisite." Mr. T. B. Calvert, Professor of Rhetoric, King's College, Aberdeen, who attracted so much attention last year as a Lecturer on Oratory. commenced on Friday evening a course of lectures at the Institution, Scuthansp!on Buildings, on the British Poets--a subjeCt eminently calcu lated to display the illustrative talent for which he is so con spicuous. The introduction embraced a vindication of literary as distinguished from scientific studies—the one pur suit tending quite as much to expend as the other to invigo rite the intellect. Poetry itself vulgarly considered the lightest species of composition, the hest connected with thought and ressoniag, dealing largely in an important, perhaps the most important branch of knowledge—the know ledge of our common nature. The vindication was sound and eloquent, but paled before the splendid lecturer on Milton and Shakespeare, to which it was introductory. The cha racteristics of these poets were given tt ith groat truth and distinctness, - yet. i;.11 that east of novelty, which ranks the original thinker, whose sole prompter and inspirer ar e hi s or enthusiastic and unadulterated impressions; the remarks on Shakespeare in particalar derived peculiar interest from the dramatic intensity of the exemplifications. A ccurate l y to discriminate aed even intensely to feel the beauties of our poets is eiven to many ; but it is a rare talent palpably to embody, and forcibly to impress on others those feelings end perceptions, which are most difficult to elicit from the 'breast which understands and cherishes them most; and this power we in dispassionate judgment, say Mr. C a l ver t p ossesses ) be mu st, beyond any lecturer we have beard on this subject'.